Guest Column

What Union is Reading: Month ending May 2018

By KAREN OMALLEY

June 6, 2018 at 12:03 PM

By KAREN OMALLEY

June 6, 2018 at 12:03 PM

Some great new books have topped the list in May; how many have you read? The top circulating print books in six categories for the Union Public Library in May 2018 follows. The top circulated digital books from RBdigital make up the seventh category; download the app today and start borrowing books from home to read or listen on your phone or tablet!

For suggestions for similar reads, stop by and chat with the librarians who are happy to help you find what you like!

The Medical Examiner: A Women's Murder Club Story by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro

It by Stephen King

A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye: A Lisbeth Salander Novel, Continuing Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series, by David Lagercrantz

Robert B. Parker's The Hangman's Sonnet by Reed Farrel Coleman

The Rooster Bar by John Grisham

Every Breath You Take by Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke

The Wife: A Novel by Alafair Burke

The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

Shoot First by Stuart Woods

The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy

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